Four-motion feed.



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APPLICATION FILED DEG. 11, 1909. 1,079,322. Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

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APPLICATION FILED DEO.11, 1909. 1 0793322 Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

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FOURFMGTION FEED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

Application tiled December 11, 1909. Serial No. 532,544.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES S. BA'roonF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful 1m rovements in FounMotion Feed, of which the following is a full, clear, and we act'description.

My invention relates to coin-handling machines, and is particularly concerned with improvements in the mechanism for fe-edil'ig the coin from the coin tray to the stacking or bunching mechanism, such, for example, as that described in my co pending application Serial No. 331,850. It is to be understood, however, that the construction of stacking mechanism here shown difi'ers somewhat in detail from that described in said application.

The invention, broadly considered, contemplates an improved four-motion feed oi? the coin by the coin advancing mechanism from the feed chute to and into the stacking mechanism.

The object of the invention is to provide for the orderly successive advance of separate coins from the feed chute into the path of the push-bar, which bar in turn advances the coin into the path of members which finally seat the coin within the stacker.

A further objecl, of the invention is to prevent the overl'hrow of the coin beyond the slacker by the push-bar.

A further object is to provide means for positively holding the lust coin seated in the stacker out of the path of the next succeeding coin and out of range of the members for finally scatiugw-said coin within the stacker.

The invention also conlrmpluics an ar rangomcnt by which the coin lusl. advanced into line \vilh lho slacker servos lo finally seat the preceding coin properly within the stacker.

While lhc mccl-mnism is herein specified as applied to a coin-handling umchlnc, it is to be understood lhat the same may be adapted to machines handling other small articles of :1, similar general outline,

"vll'll th'x above objects in view, the invention consists in lhe ronslruclion and :11- rangcmcnts of parts. a, Pllffil'l'ltl embodiment of which is llluslrulcd in llic ll('('()llloutlying ll'u\\ lii; fs,-ii1 which Figure l is a from; clcvullon o'l' a coin udvancing mechanism embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a View similar to Fig. l but showing the parts enlarged and omitting certain parts for clear illustration. Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 2, showing; the parts in dili'erent relative position. Fig. 4 is a view of the mechanism taken from the side opposite to that shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail View of certain parts of the mechanism detached. Fig. 5 is a fraginem tary view of the coin stacker showing the member to preventv overthrow in conjunction therewith. Fig. 7 is a detached under side view of the overthrow linger. Fig. 8 is a detached view of a stop member which lies across the feed chute to hold the coins in check during the advancing operation. Fig. 9 is a horimntal section on the line a:-.n Fig 2, certain parts being omitted for clear illustration.

The enibodii'nent oi the invention. herein selected for illustration comprises a standard 1, which may form a part of or he supported by the frame of a machine such as that illustrated in my co-pending application above referred to" Secured to this standard is a feed chute consisting of a fixed member 2 and an adjustable member 3, forming between them the path 4: by which the coins are conducted from the coin tray -to the advancing mechanism. Any suitable form of adjusting mechanism may be employed for eP'cclzlng the adjustment of the member 3. bluch adjusting; n'iechanisin is here indicated by the lever 5 engaging an extension (3 of the feed chute member 3. It is to be understood in general that the several parts of the entire pat-h of the coin from the feed chute to the slacker, as well as the several members of the coin advancing mechanism, may be adjuslcd to receive coins of wirious denominations.

The members 2 and of the feed. chute are downvmrdly curved at Tand 8 respectively, forming a vertical pulh for lvho coin through which lho coin may drop into the path of the push-bar ll, by which the coin is advanced along the horizontal palh indicated at. ll) l igs. 2. and 3 lo the. coin slacker. 'lho push-bar 9 is mounted upon a rock mun ll. pivolcd at. 12 to the lower portion of the standard 1 and is rocked by suitable link and occcnll'lc oonneclion iii-'44, the latl'cr bump; opornlcd from lhc power. shaft- 15 of the machine. Just below the downwardly extending ends 7 and 8 of the feed chute is a spring slop finger 16, which is shown in detail and detached in Fig. 8. Said stop finger is provided with a spring shank or plate 17, which is secured at itslower end to a removable plate 19 Figs. 1 and 5 adapted to be secured to the 'standardl by suitable screws as 20. The plate 19 is shown in detail and detached in Fig. 5, in which figure the inner side of the plate is shown. or that which engages the standard, thus showing the inner surface of the upper end of the' stop finger 16, the body of which hormally projects into a recess 21 03": the platt 19. The upper portion of the stop finger, furthermore, is beveled and offset as at 29;, Fig. 8, whereby when in normal position it stands in the path of the vertical portion of the 'feed chute 4, and thus holds the coins within lever 27 carrying at its opposite end the cam roll 28 held by spring 26? in engagement with the cam 29 on the power shaft 15. I The presser arm 23 by this constructionis rocked from the position shown in Fig. 2 across the feed chute 4 to the position shown in Fig. 3,

during which operation said presser arm forces the lowermost coin in the vertical portion of the chute 4 past the spring stop fingen 16 into the horizontal portion of the chute 10 and thus into the path of the pushbar 9. While so feeding this coin, the press'er arm serves as a check to the remaining coins in the feed chute 4. After the coin has passed the beveled offset 22 of the stop finger 16, said finger at once returns to position across the vertical portion of the feed chute 4 and before the stack of coins in said feed chute is released by the complete retraction of the presser arm 23. Hence, as soon as said presser is completely retracted, the lower coin of the stack drops upon the spring stop 16 and is held in checkuntil the preceding coin has been advanced to the stacker. Upon reception of the coin in the horizontal portion 10 of the feed chute, the push-bar 9 advances said coin along said path to and in range with the stacker. The stacker consists in general of a pair of horizontal rods 30-3O fixed to adjustable arms 31 pivoted upon the standard 1, upon one of which supporting rods is slidably mounted a spring-pressed stack support 82, such as that described and shown in my co -pending application above referred to.

Ad acent the horizontal portion 10 of the feed chute is provided a lift bar 33, having a blade 34 projecting into the chute, said bladebeing provided with an inclined'edge '35 adapted to be engaged by the advancing coin to raise said littbar 33, by which operation, through a link connection indicated at 36, Fig. 1, the power clutch of the machine may be thrown into operation, as described in my former application. The engagement of the coin withthe blade 34-, furthermore,serves to check the too rapid advance oi said coin by which it inigl-it bepro-jected beyond the stacker by the push-bar 9. To furtherprevent overthrow of the coin, a spring finger 37 is pivoted at 38 upon the plate 1%, said finger being normally held depressed by its spring 89, as indicated in Fig. 5, and which finger I will term, for convenience, an everthrow finger. As the coinpasses beyond the blade 34 it comes into contact with ah inclined shoulder 37 at the innerside oi the overthrow finger 3?, by which raises said. finger until it reaches the step 37 of said finger. In this position, the coin is held by the spring pressure of said finger on the upper end of a supporting bar 40 slidably mounted in the standard 1 and connected for ,adjustment with the adjustable arms 31 of thestaclter. The upper or supporting surface of the bar 40 lies in a line slightly below the lower surface of the horizontal portion 10 of the feed chute, through which the coin is advanced by the push-bar 9, but said bar projects up sufficicntly to position the coin a little above the position which it will assume when finally seated upon the supporting rods 30 or the stacker. As the coin is advanced by theipush bar 9 it drops from the feed chute 10 on to this supp rting bar 40 and brings up against the rearrnost of the stacker rods. In this position itis yieldingly held by the spring pressure of the overthrow finger 37.

To finally seat the coin upon the stacker rods 30, I provide the push studs 41, which project through the standard 1 and are mounted at their rear ends on a spring plate 42 Fig. 4 fixed at 43 to the rear side of the standard 1, which plate tends normally to project the studs through the standard. The studs are intermittently retracted by means of a bell crank lever 44 pivoted on the standard 1 in the lugs 44, the vertical arm 44 of which engages behind the projection 42 of the spring plate 42 and the horizontal arm 45 of which is connected by screw 44 to link 46 and thus with cam lever 47 having the cam roll '48 engaging a cam 49 on the power shaft 15. The cam 49 is provided with a depression 50, which, when engaged by the cam roll 48, permits the opposite end of lever 47 to rise through the spring action of the spring-plate 42 on the bell c'rank lever 4.4. By this construction as the cam roll 48 momentarily engages the depression 50 of the cam 49, the push studs 41 will be projected against the coin held on the supporting bar 40 by" the overthrow lever 47 and held against the side of the raised end of the i bar 40 which acts as a stop to hold this coin out of the path of the next advancing coin. Furthermore, the under surface of the overthrow finger 37 is provided with a step 51,

Fig. 7 which as the coin is moved laterally as above described permits the overthrow finger to drop slightly, whereby the upper .edge ofithe coin also is held against said step by the spring-pressed stack support 3:2, thus holding the coin firmly in vertical position to one side of the path of the next advancing coin. As the next coin is advanced it. passes through the same series of movements as that just described and during its lateral movement by the push studs 41. it forces the ncc-eding coin laterally along the stack rods 30 against the spring pressure of the stack support and. out of engagement with the overthrow finger, the last coin taking its place against the stops formed by the supporting bar 40 and the step 51 of the overtl'irow finger 37.

By the mechanism above described it will be seen that the coin is first given a positive vertical feed movement by the presser finger 23 past the spring stop finger 16 and into the horizontal path of the push bar 9. Thence it is fed horizontally by the push bar 9 which seats it between the supportingbar 40 and the overthrow finger 37; thence it is fed laterally by the push studs 41 and is seated againstthe stops formed by the upper end of the supporting bar 40 and the stop 5]. of the under side of the overthrow bar 37 by thestack support 32; and is finally freed from the overthro iv finger and finally seated in the stacker by the lateral feed of the next advancing coin by the push studs il. It is to be understood, furthermore, that the movements of the presser bar 23, the push bar 9 and the push studs 41 are so timed relatively that-a coin completes its travel to and against the stops on the supporting bar 40 and the overthrow finger 37 before the next coin is advanced beyond the spring finger 16. By this construction all possibility of interference of the coins during their feed is positively prevented. It is to be noticed also that the push studs 4-]. are projected and retracted by positively operating connections instead of being retracted by the advancing coin as described in my co-pending application above referred to and take no part in holding the coin last advanced in the position. to which it is last ted by the feeding mechanism, since the latter function is provided for by the supporting bar and the spring-pressed overthrow finger, hence no jamming of the mechanism can occur at this point.

Since this invention relates only to the four-motion feed mechanism just described,

the other features of the machine with which this mechanism may be used areomitted with the exception of the transfer rods, one of which is indicated at 52, Fig. 2.

While I have herein described a particular embodiment of my invention and have described a- )articular a) lication therefor it should be understood that the. same may be Varied in detail and relative arrangement of parts and may be applied to different types of machines from those here indicated without departing from the spirit or scope thereof.

hat I claim is:

1. In an article feeding and stacking mechanism, the combination with a feed chute and stack support, of means for feeding articles suciressively along said chute to said stack support and for holding the article last fed on said stack support out of its final position in the stack, and adjacent the path of the next succeeding article along the feed chute.

2. ln an article feeding and stacking mechanism, the combination with a feed chute, a stack support, means for feeding articles successively along said chute to said staeksupport, means for holding the last article fed to said stack support adjacent said feed chute to temporarily form a continuation of the wall of said chute, said feeding mechanism being constructed and arranged to cause the next succeeding article to release the tirst'froni said holding means and to take its place therein.

3. Ina c'oin feeding and stacking mech-. anism, the eon'ihination with a feed chute and a stack support, means to feed coin successively through said feed ehuteand to said support, and means to prevent overthrow of the coin during the feeding operation and to hold the last coin fed to said stark support adjacent saidehute to form a temporary chute wall.

4. In an article ieedii'ig and stacking merl'ianisni, the combination with a feed chute and a stack sup 'iort, means to feed articles successively through said chute and to said stack support, and means to prevent. overthrow of the feed and to act as a stop to position said article adjacent said iet-d chute.

5. In an article feeding and stat-him mechanism, the coinbiiuition with a l'tcd elude, a stack support, an article. support at the end oi said chute adjacent said stat-h support, means "for feeding articles successively along said chute and to said article support, said structedand arranged to operate as a stop to position the article upon the stack support adjacent the feed chute at the end of the feeding operation.

6. In an article feeding and stacking mechanism, the combination of a feed chute and a staclr support, of an article support at the end of said feed chute adjacent he stack support, means for feeding artic tes successively along said chuteto said artile support, said article support being con.- structed and arranged to position the anti c e on said stack support and adjacent said fe d chute at the end of the feeding operaprion1 and means to prevent overthrow of the 7 In an article feeding and stacking mechanism, the combination with a feed chute and a stack support, of an article support at the end of said feed chute and adjacent said stack support, means for feeding articles successively along said chute to said article support, means for preventing overthrow of the feed, said article support and ,said overthrow means being constructed and arranged to position the article upon said stack support and adjacent the end of the feed chute,

8. In, an article feeding and stacking mechanism, the combination with a feed chute and stack support, of an article support interposed between said feed chute and said stack support and projecting-above said stack support, means for feeding articles successively through said chute and to said stack support, and means on said stack support to yieldingly hold said article against the projecting portion of said article sup' port, whereby said article Will be positioned on said stack support adjacent the end of the feed chute. l

9. In an article feeding and stacking mechanism, the combinaticn with a feed chute and a. stack support, of means for feeding articles successively through said chute of said support, one or more stops at the end of said chute, and means on said stack support to hold said article against said stops and adj ucent the end of the feed chute.

10. In an article feeding and stacking mechanism, the combination With a feedchute and stack support, ofmeans for feeding articles successively along said chute to said support, stops adjacent said feed chute and means on said stacksupport to hold said article against said stops and adjacent the end of the feed chute.

11. In an article feeding and stacking mechanism, the combination with a feed chute and stack support, of means for feeding articles successively along said chute to said support, means to feed an article from said 'chute into said stack support, and

article support being conmechanism, the combination With a means to yieldingly hold said article on said stack support and adjacent the end-of the feed chute. v 12. In an article feeding and stacking feed chute and a stack support, of means for feeding articles successively along said chute to said support, means for feeding the article laterallyfrom said chute into said support, and means to hold said article on said stack support and adjacent the end of said feed chute.

13. In an article feeding and stackin mechanlsm, the combination with a fee 'chute' and a stack support, of means for feeding larticles successively along said chute to said support, one of the membersrof said feeding n p-ans serving to hold the remainder of the articles in check While one 13 being fed by a iother of said feeding members, and 'means at the end of said feed chute to advance, the article laterally into said stack support.

14. In an article feeding and stacking mechanism, the combination with a sectional feed chute and a stack support, means for advancing an article from one section of said feed chute to the next, a stop finger interposed between said sections to check the flow of remaining articles While the first is being fed along the succeeding section of said chute, and means to prevent the 'overfeed of articles during passage fromsaid chute to said stack support.

15. In an article feeding and stacking mechanism, the combination with a sectional feed chute and stack support, of a yielding stop interposed between the scctions of said chute, a presser bar to advance "an article past said stop into the succeeding feed section, said presser bar during its operation serving as a stop for the succeeding articles,

a push bar to advance the article alongthe succeeding feed section, and means for We venting overthrow of the feed.

16. In an article feeding and stacking mechanism, the combination with a sectional feed, chute and a stack support, of a yield ing stop interposed between the sections of said chute, a presser bar adapted toad- Vance an article past said stop and arranged to operate as a stop for the succeeding coins during its advancing movement, a push bar to advance the article along the succeeding feed section, and means for feeding the article laterally from said section to said stack support.

17. In an article feeding and stacking mechanism, the combination with a sectional feed chute and a stack support, of a yielding stop interposedbetween the sections of said chute, a presser ba r adapted to feed articles successively past said stop to the succeeding section of said chute and to cperate as a stop for the remaining articles during its feeding operation, a presser bar to advance the article along the succeeding feed section, means for feeding the article from said chute to said stack support, and means for positively holding said article on said stack support and adjacent the end of the feed chute.

18. In an article feeding and stacking mechanism, the combination with a sectional feed chute and a stack support, of a yielding stop for holding the articles in the first feed section during the advance of an article bar for advancing an article froni one to the succeeding section past said stop and arranged to operate as a stop for the succeeding coins during said advancing operation, a push bar for advancing the coin along the succeeding feed section, a plu 'ality of push studs at the end of said chute to advance the article laterally into said stack support.

20. In an article feeding and stacking mechanism, the combination with a feed chute, of a yielding stop interposed in said chute, a presser bar operating to advance the articles successively past said stop, a push bar operating to advance said articles successively to said stack support, a plurality of push buttons constructed and arranged to advance the article from said feed chute into said stack support, and means for preventing the overthrow of the feed.

21. In an article feeding and stacking mechanism, the combination with a feed chute and a stack support, of a yielding stop interposed in said chute, article advancing members operating upon opposite sides of said stop and adapted to feed the articles successively past said step and to said stack support respectively, and means for advancing said articles successively from said feed chute into said stack support.

22. In an article feeding and stacking mechanism, the combination with a feed chute and a stack support, arranged at a right angle thereto, of means for advancing articles successively through said chute to said support and a plurality of reciprocating push-studs for advancing said articles successively from said chute into said support. D

2%. In. an article feedii'ig and stacking mechanism, the combination with a feed chute and a stack support arranged at an angle thereto, of means for successively advancing articles through said chute to said support, means for advancing said articles successively from said chute into said stack support, stops adjacent the ends of said feed chute and yielding means on said stack support for holding the article last fed against said stops and out of the path of the next succeeding article.

24:. In an article feeding and stacking mechanism, the combination with a feed chute and a stack support arranged at an angle thereto, of means for feeding articles successively through said chute to said support, means for feeding said articles successively from said chute laterally into said support, means for holding the article last fed on said support adjacent said chute, whereby the advance of the next succeeding article will advance the first along said stack support.

25. In an article feeding and stacking mechanism, the combination with a feed chute and a stack support of means for feeding the articles successively along said chute to said stack support, and means for holding the article last fed in position to form a guide for the next succeeding article.

26. In an article feeding and stacking mechanism, the combination with a feed chute and a stack support of means for feeding the articles successively along said chute to said stack support, and means for holding the article last fed to form a continuation of the chute wall to guide the succeeding article.

27. In an article feeding and stacking, mechanism, the combination with a feed chute and a stack support of means for feeding the articles successively along said chute to said stack support, means for holding the article last fed a little out of its final position to form a guide for the next succeeding article, and means whereby the movement of the next succeeding article will seat the previous article in its final position in the stack.

28. In an article feeding and stacking mechanism, the combination with a feed chute and a stack support of means for feeding the articles successively along said chute to said stack support, means for holding the article last fed out of the path of the next succeeding article, and means for causing the next succeeding article to feed the preceding article to its normal position in the stack.

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Witnesses (lrnouen P. Buses, Common 1). HoLMAN. 

